Home, The (2025)

[bunniefuu]

[tense music playing]

[female reporter]

...live on the ground

in Kingston.

And while not officially

a hurricane,

these conditions

are quickly worsening.

There's flooding in front of me

from heavy rain, Ben.

- [Max coughing]

- And looking out

on the coast,

you can see the conditions

are far, far worse.

High tide is at a season

record high,

making its way to the streets.

We have volunteers here

piling up sandbags

and taking

other precautions we can.

But we know this storm

will be devastating.

Back to you in the studio.

[Ben] Thank you, Judy.

Stay safe out there.

We're watching this storm...

[continues indistinctly]

[ominous music playing]

[male reporter]

...we're expecting

storm surges,

high winds, and heavy...

Raise a glass.

They call us a foster family.

We don't call it that.

We call it what it is...

A family.

- To Luke!

- [Sylvia] Yay, Luke!

[Couper]

My boy is going to college.

- [laughs]

- Yes! [laughs]

- Thicker than blood?

- Always.

[male reporter indistinct]

...it's likely the storm

will make its way north

and in the tri-state area

by the end of the week.

[suspenseful music playing]

- [lock clicks]

- [door thuds]

g*dd*mn, little bro.

Hey, this is some

of your best work.

I can't believe

you're leaving me here.

Hey, I'm not leaving you

anywhere.

All right? I'm gonna write

all the time.

I'll be an hour away.

I'll be home holidays

and summers.

And in four years, I'm back.

And it's me and you again,

charting our course.

Like Dad said,

they call us foster brothers.

But, Max, our bond

is thicker than blood.

Always.

[police siren wailing

in distance]

[indistinct yelling]

[inaudible]

[distant sobbing]

[Sylvia and Couper crying]

Come on, baby. It's okay.

It'll be okay. It's...

[sniffles] Max.

Come here, son.

I don't know

how to say this, Max.

Luke...

i-is... [shuddering breaths]

- ...gone.

- [Max] Huh?

Your brother is gone.

He left a note, Max.

He was having problems

at college.

I don't understand...

I don't understand

why he wouldn't come to us.

It's okay. It's okay.

[crying continues]

- [buzzing]

- [cop] Number 0426. Let's go.

So how many times, Max?

Breaking into buildings,

destroying property.

You need to be held

accountable.

- Ever since Luke died--

- I know. I know. I...

I know. I'm familiar

with the speech.

You don't have to...

tell me again

how disappointed

you are in me.

- I made some calls...

- I didn't ask.

I spoke to Judge Beric.

I begged him to help.

He did.

No jail time.

Community service.

[breathes deeply]

f*ck. Okay.

Thanks.

I thought I was going away.

What do I have to do?

Judge asked me

if you were handy.

I lied and said you were.

[both chuckle]

He said, "Well,

then he can spend

the next four months

at Green Meadows Retirement Home

as the new onsite super."

What?

You're joking.

An old folks home,

like with-with old people?

What? I don't wanna--

I don't wanna do that sh*t.

This is your last chance, son.

Play by the rules.

Otherwise you're gonna

end up in jail.

When do I start?

[ominous music playing]

[heavy metal music playing

over earphones]

[ominous music continues]

[taxi door closes]

[ominous music playing]



[ominous music swelling]

[Les] Cute. Who's that?

Your boyfriend?

The trash receptacles

have to be emptied twice a day.

Carpets vacuumed daily.

You saw how clean

this place was coming in?

Yes, sir.

Your job is to keep it that way.

Mm-hmm. And this key,

it'll open every room

in the home,

with the exception

of a few hallways

and the basement.

[Les] And don't enter

residential apartments

unless there's an emergency.

- [Juno] Right.

- "I've fallen

and I can't get up"

type of sh*t, you know?

Just knock first.

Oh, yeah.

And no fourth floor, darling.

Those patients

need special care.

Off limits to you.

- Simple, right?

- [Les] Mm-hmm.

Just follow the rules

and we won't be obliged

to report you.

[Les] That's right.

[door opening]

[creaks]

[switch clicks]

Come on!

[gasps]

[exhales sharply]

[squeaks, thuds]

f*ck!

[jazz music playing

in background]

[elevator whirs, thuds]

[elevator bell dings]

Hello. How are you?

[sighs]

Here to get your garbage.

All right, I'm coming in.

[woman moaning]

- [bed creaking]

- [moaning continues]

[moaning continues]

[both moaning]

[door slams]

[breathing heavily]

[instructor] Up and now strong.

And to the right.

Breathe.

And up. And the left.

And up.

And, oh, to the right.

To the right.

Strong. Strong and now...

Excuse me, son.

Could you get me a towel?

- Yeah, sure.

- [instructor] And back we go.

And spin your arms back.

You're new.

- Mm-hmm.

- Warming up. That's right.

I-I'm Norma.

I'm sorry. You-you...

You just look like someone

I once knew.

Well, I'm, uh,

I'm Max. I am new.

And, uh, it's really nice

to meet you, Norma.

And forward and up.

We are sky warriors.

So how's your first day

going, Max?

- We are youthful.

We are strong.

- Uh, it's...

We are growing.

And, yes, and out and up.

And... Good God, Mrs. Fisher!

She got in the pool

after her skin procedure.

Come on, everybody. Hurry.

- Blood. Blood.

- Oh, my God.

- What?

- Go help her.

- Go, go.

- [instructor] Up!

Out, out, out!

Everybody, come on.

There you are.

- Come on.

- [Max] Come on.

[instructor] Mrs. Fisher.

- [woman] What do we do?

- Come on. Here you go.

- [Max] Right here.

- Come on.

- [mumbles]

- Everybody, out. Oh, oh!

Come on.

[indistinct singing]

Best generation,

my f*cking d*ck.

[lighter clicks]

[groans softly]

These f*cking boomers.

[sighs deeply]

I just wanna go home.

[fake cries]

[wind whooshing]

[indistinct voices]

[Luke's voice] Max!

[breathing heavily]

[distant screaming]

[tense music playing]

[lock clicks]

[reporter] The storm

has now been upgraded

to a hurricane.

They're calling it Greta.

And it is moving up the coast

very, very quickly.

I have to tell you,

it is extremely rare

to have a storm

of this magnitude

hitting the East Coast

this time of year.

- [banging on door]

- One expert is saying

this is global warming.

[man yelling]

Hey, kid, get up!

Get up! Wake up!

[banging continues]

For f*ck's sake.

- Jesus!

- [banging continues]

- Yeah.

- [man] Come on!

Yeah. Okay.

[man] Please, kid, get up!

- [Max groans]

- [banging continues]

Why do you take so long?

- What's up?

- Come on, kid.

We need you.

Ethan had a terrible accident.

- The place is a mess.

- What do you mean "accident"?

sh*t his drawers

something wicked,

seeped through his diaper.

- Did you say "sh*t"?

- Excrement, fecal matter.

- Yes, sh*t.

- He's painting

the walls with it.

Oh, what do you want me

to do about it?

We want you

to clean it up, kid.

- [Sadie] Yeah.

- You're the new super.

- [Max] Oh, my God.

- [Sadie] Right behind

that door.

I'd stop breathing

right about now.

- [man] Oh!

- [all] Surprise!

For he's a jolly

good fellow

For he's a jolly

good fellow

For he's a jolly

good fellow

Which nobody can deny

Yeah!

So, no poopy diaper?

No. No poo, kid.

You know, I can't keep

calling you "kid," kid.

- I'm Lou. What's your name?

- Uh, Max.

- [Lou] Max! Okay, Max.

- Max...

Well, we heard that you had

a really rough day yesterday,

so we decided

that we would give you

a not-so-proper,

but very warm welcome.

So, welcome

to Green Meadows. Yay!

- Whoo!

- Max!

[speaking French]

Ellie. She doesn't speak

English, Max.

She says welcome, as do I.

Thanks.

- Good to see you again, Max.

- Hey.

And, uh, if they keep

busting on you,

just let me know.

I'll take care of them.

And she means it too. Yeah.

Nice to meet you,

and I'm so glad you're here.

You got a great sense of humor.

- Thanks.

- Okay.

[indistinct chatter]

[soft music playing]

[ominous music playing]

You know,

my father died alone.

Hmm?

I couldn't be with him.

I was at medical school.

But I wonder

what it was like...

all alone, approaching death.

Um... I'll never forgive myself.

I'm, uh...

so sorry.

Thank you.

I'm, uh, D.W. Sabian,

Max. Uh...

- Oh.

- I'm the doctor on staff.

Let me call you sweetheart

I'm sorry about all that.

It was a tad much, but, uh...

It's just my way

of saying that...

these are good people

and they deserve comfort

in their twilight years.

That you love me too...

You have, uh...

You have beautiful eyes.

Quite large, you know?

Thanks.

Let me call you sweetheart

I'm in love

[distorts] With...

[electrical buzzing]

[snoring gently]

[woman breathing heavily]

- [Max snoring]

- [heavy breathing]

- [tense musical stinger]

- [gasps]

Did you like

what you saw yesterday?

- I wanna see you now.

- [knife clinks]

- [groans]

- [singsongy]

It's touching time.

[screaming]

[panting]

["I'll Never Smile Again"

by Tommy Dorsey playing]

[footsteps softly tapping]

["I'll Never Smile Again"

continues]

[distant screaming]

[screaming continues]

- Max?

- [surprised grunt]

Why are you awake

at this hour of the night?

You didn't...

hear the...?

Nothing. Nothing.

I just, uh...

I couldn't sleep.

Oh, well... [chuckles]

That makes two of us.

You know, sometimes

I find a little late-night

conversation can help.

You interested?

Sure. Yeah.

Good.

- Yeah.

- Follow me.

[door opens]

[Max] Wow.

- Very nice.

- Mm-hmm.

Oh, um, I think

you dropped something.

Oh...

This looks familiar. Where...

Where have I seen this before?

My friend, Esther...

She passed away here

some years ago.

She would sculpt trinkets

for people.

I have a hard time

letting go of such things.

I'm guessing, uh,

that's another one

of those things?

At least half of it.

Oh, my son, Jacob.

He... he painted that for me

one Mother's Day.

There used to be

a flock of birds

on the other side,

with the sun rising above it.

Then we...

We had a fight one night,

and he ripped it up.

He, um...

He passed away

some time ago.

I'm... I'm sorry.

I-I didn't--

No, no, it's all right.

That's why

I can't sleep at night.

The un... unresolved

keeps me awake.

What about you?

Kind of like

the same thing.

Mmm.

[ominous music playing]

[cart wheels squeaking]

[Lou] Well, if you slow down

a little...

So, mirror acting

is about mimicking.

Okay. One, two, three.

[all] Hey!

- [Lou] All right. All right.

- [cheering]

Get out of here. Go to lunch.

I know you're hungry.

This is terrific.

You're turning

into great actors.

You know that? It's amazing.

Keep at it, all right?

Ah!

[Max] Lou, that looked like

a lot of fun.

Max! Maxie boy!

- Hey. Good morning.

- Morning.

Yeah, I'm trying--

I am trying to impart

some nuggets of wisdom

[chuckling] I learned

on my off-Broadway

theater days.

Not many Oliviers here,

but, uh...

we have a lot of fun

nonetheless. [laughs]

I think whatever

you're doing here is great.

I mean, they seem

really happy.

Oh, thanks.

Thanks, Max. I...

You know, people spend

their entire lives

trying to prolong life.

But then when they get here

at the end, I mean,

boredom is what takes them

to the grave.

It's not disease.

It's not illness.

It's boredom.

We must fill our hours

with laughter, life...

love.

Morning, Max.

We got a spill on three.

You're needed.

- Ah.

- I...

Needed.

And, hey, f*ck boredom.

[laughs]

[distant screaming]

[distant groaning]

[elevator door opens, closes]

- [button clicks]

- [elevator music playing]

[foreboding music playing]

[indistinct TV chatter]

[narrator on TV]

...that they're going

to find oil.

Matter of fact,

in exploratory drilling,

only one well in nine

finds any oil at all.

Only one in 24

recovers enough oil

to pay for itself.

And only one

in almost a thousand

makes a major discovery.

Pretty big odds.

Yet America's fuel reserves

the oil supplies

still underground

have kept increasing steadily.

I couldn't imagine

how this ever-increasing

supply of oil was achieved

until I found out

that there's not just one,

- but thousands

of oil companies...

- [groaning]

...all competing

with each other

to discover and to sell

new sources of oil.

Or believe it or not,

in the USA, anyone...

[old man groaning]

Hey. Hey, man, it's all right.

- I'm not gonna hurt you.

- [groans]

[screams]

It's okay.

I'm not gonna hurt you.

- [groans]

- [grunts]

- Stop!

- [screaming]

Jesus!

Juno.

What the hell

are you doing?

Max, get your f*cking hands

off him!

[old man screaming]

Go! Max, go! Get out!

[old man screaming]

Hey, Max. Uh,

you wanna come in, please?

Come on in.

Les takes his job

very seriously, and...

he's not very happy about this.

And to be frank, neither am I.

Um, uh...

- I just-- I heard a scream.

- Mm-hmm.

And, uh, I-I went

to go check it out.

All right. But you told Les

that there was an unlocked door

that accessed the fourth floor.

You know, Max,

we're very aware

of why you're here.

This should be

a fresh start for you.

A chance to shed the skin

of your past transgressions.

I would hate to see you return

to your reckless ways.

It's time to play

by the rules, Max.

I'm sorry, Doc.

It won't happen again.

[ominous music playing]

[woman] Hey, Max.

Norma. Hi.

How's it going?

Why aren't you in the party?

Oh, I'm not in the party mood.

I hear you were up on four.

Word travels fast

in an old age home, Max.

It's like a gigantic

sewing circle. [chuckles]

Those people on four,

there's something wrong.

Like, they seem so lost.

- And their eyes,

they're just...

- Oh, Max.

"A heart knows a heart."

Hmm?

When I'd, uh, put my son

to bed at night,

I'd kiss him and say,

"A heart knows a heart."

That's why you feel things

the way you do.

But...

you need to put that away.

There's nothing

you can do for them.

There's nothing...

nothing anyone can do.

[ominous music plays]

[indistinct TV chatter]

...all oil lies far beneath

the surface of the earth.

They're going to find oil.

These wells go down

thousands of feet.

It costs a lot of money

to drill.

But that's no guarantee

that they're going to find oil.

Matter of fact,

in exploratory drilling,

only one well in nine

finds any oil at all.

Only one in 24

recovers enough oil

to pay for itself.

And only one

in almost a thousand

makes a major discovery.

Pretty big odds.

Yet America's fuel reserves

the oil supplies

still underground...

Hey, man,

I'm not gonna hurt you.

[screams]

[growling]

[laughing maniacally]

[screaming]

[wind whooshing outside]

[Lou] I'm not doing

very well at this game,

but I am not a quitter.

[billiard ba*ls clack]

[laughs loudly]

Hey! Did you see?

Oh, my God.

You look downright awful.

Well, thanks.

And, yeah, I mean...

I look how I feel.

I haven't been able

to sleep at all here.

Okay. You know,

rumor has it

that they mess

with the oxygen levels

in the... in the vents,

but it's just to make sure

that us old folks

get a good night's sleep, huh.

I mean, it must work

'cause I sleep like death.

You cannot wake me up

once I go under.

[speaking French]

- [Les] Norma, enough!

- [Ellie continues

speaking French]

[indistinct chatter]

- [Les and Sabian indistinct]

- Don't touch me!

[Norma] Don't!

[Lou] Okay, I'm feeling good

now, guys, so rack 'em up.

Who am I hustling next, huh?

[chuckles]

Norma. Norma, it's Max.

[chuckles] Um...

Lou plans these

m*rder mystery nights

once a month.

"A night of blood and intrigue,"

as he puts it.

I just wanted to check on you

because I saw you arguing

with someone.

- I just...

- Oh, no, no, no, no.

That's-- that's...

It's fine.

Well, I won't take too much

of your time. I, uh...

I was just thinking about

what you told me the other day,

and I thought

it would only be fair

if I return the favor.

Um... you see,

my brother Luke died

when I was 11,

and my parents...

didn't let me go

to the funeral

'cause they thought

I was too young,

so I never...

I never got the chance

to say goodbye.

Luke is my unresolved.

Anyway, I was just thinking

about yesterday,

so I just, uh...

drew this up

'cause I just thought

you should have it.

I tried to get it exactly right,

but I think it'll... it'll do.

Oh!

[inhales sharply]

Oh.

[sighs]

- "A heart knows a heart."

- "...knows a heart."

[Norma chuckles]

- Max.

- Yeah?

Listen to me.

There's something very wrong

with this place.

Something terribly wrong.

You need to get...

- [loud thud]

- ...out of--

[keys jangling]

I have to go.

What? You have to tell me

what's going on.

Max, I have to get ready.

I can't be late.

- Norma. What the f*ck?

- Forget it, Max.

We'll talk tomorrow.

[suspenseful music playing]

[distant screaming]

[inhales deeply]

"There's something wrong

with this place."

What the f*ck does that mean?

What the f*ck's wrong

with this place?

Hey, have you seen Norma?

Is she still at that, like,

m*rder mystery thing?

Oh, no, baby.

We took her to the infirmary.

She wasn't feeling well.

What-- what happened?

Is she all right?

It's her diabetes.

Her blood sugar

was really low.

You know, it makes her

kind of loopy.

She's sleeping now.

We're gonna monitor her

overnight.

She'll be fine, Max.

Relax.

Well, tell her I said "hi"

if you can.

Night.

Sleep tight, Max.

[whirring]

[window tapping]

[tapping continues]

[leaf blower stops]

[ominous music playing]

[squeaking]

[groaning]

[woman screaming]

[dark music playing]

[woman] Oh, my God!

Norma!

Norma!

[women crying]

[inaudible]

Officer, I found this note

in Norma's room.

She speaks about joining

her deceased son.

[Sabian] I'm sorry, Max.

We just didn't see this coming.

[ominous music playing]

[somber music playing]

[inaudible]

[inaudible singing]

[Max] Mind if I, uh,

take a seat, Lou?

Oh, no.

How you holding up?

Oh...

She could no longer

fill the hours

with... laughter

and joy and...

[breathes deeply]

I failed her, Max.

No. She was my muse,

you know?

She'd help with my diet.

Said, "You have to stay

in shape, Louis.

Just in case

another wonderful role

comes your way."

[chuckles]

And in return,

I'd recite

Shakespeare's sonnets

to help her sleep.

[sniffles] I can't...

Do you really think

that she would...

take her own life?

Well, I don't know, Max. I...

Where's this coming from, son?

Well... it's just Norma said

something to me.

She said that

there was something wrong

with this place.

Something very wrong.

And then the next day,

she just...

[ominous music plays]

Lou. Hey!

[groaning]

Hey.

Oh, I went away again,

didn't I?

Yeah. Oh, God.

It's happening more often,

and more often.

[Lou sobs]

[tense musical stinger]

- [loud thud]

- [electrical buzzing]

- [indistinct whispering]

- Hey, Max.

[people screaming]

[indistinct yelling]

[old man groaning]

Help me!

[breathing heavily]

[foreboding music plays]

[door closes]

- [clicks]

- [electrical buzzing]

[clicks]

- [clicks]

- [electrical buzzing]

[clicks]

- [clicks]

- [ominous music plays]

[clicks]

[clicks]

[door creaks]

- [clicks]

- [electrical buzzing]

[groans softly]

[groans]

[Max sighs deeply]

[Lou groaning]

[electrical buzzing continues]

[tense music rising]

[Couper] We haven't heard

from you, Max. Are you okay?

[Max] Sorry. Yeah. The, uh...

One of the residents

passed away,

and it was really sad,

but I'm okay now.

Oh, my God.

Are you eating, Max?

You look tired.

You need to eat.

He knows eating is important,

Sylvia, for God's sakes.

I'm glad to hear

you're feeling better

today, Max.

- Mmm.

- You had us worried.

Let me ask you this.

Are you getting anything

out of this experience?

You know, I-I actually am.

You know, I, uh... I think

these people need me and...

I think I can help them.

I have to help them.

[tense music playing]

Morning, Max.

f*ck.

Jesus Christ.

What the f*ck you doing?

That yellow tape

look like a welcome mat?

- No, I--

- Hey.

You just cannot help

yourself, can you?

Let's go.

I gotta tell the doc.

He calls the cops this time,

and that's on you.

I just came back

to say goodbye. Okay?

I... wanted to look around,

see if I can find something

to remember her by.

Her sh*t is all gone already.

It's thrown out.

She had no family.

Whatever's left

gets incinerated

in the basement.

It's over.

[sighs]

I-I...

I get it, Max.

But you owe me.

Get out before

I change my mind.

Thank you. Thanks, Les.

[metal clanking]

[clicking]

[mice squeaking]

[Max] Come on, Norma.

There's gotta be

something in here.

[tense musical stinger]

[Norma] Max had an encounter

on the fourth floor.

He needs to know the danger.

Am I next?

Is my Lou next?

They come at night

with their needles

and their dogs,

changing us too.

- [Lou mumbling]

- Lou!

[Lou singing indistinctly]

Lou, I gotta talk to you.

You in there?

[Lou] Can't talk.

[singing resumes]

[groans] Oh!

Lou, thank God you're here.

Norma was right, man.

There's something

f*cking wrong with this place.

And... and I found her diary.

She says there's

something going on at night

with, like, needles.

[Lou] Gluttony...

- kills more than the sword.

- Lou, what?

Bet you didn't know that,

did you?

- [Max] What?

- [Lex chuckles]

She always protected me

against my demons.

Oh, my Norma...

And she's gone!

And I'm weak!

I'm so f*cking weak!

I have to punish myself.

[grunts]

Can you not hear me?

- [Lou snorts]

- What the f*ck?

I am a pig!

- Lou!

- I ruined my career.

I did it, so I must be punished!

[snorts] I'm a pig!

Mmm! Mmm!

I have something

for you, Max.

Look at that. [snorts]

- Oh, my-- What the f*ck?

- Oh, yes, and they all

have to come out.

- What the f*ck?

- You have to help me, Max.

- I want you to help me.

- Stop! Lou!

- Lou, put--

- I have to get them all!

- I have to do this!

- Will somebody please help?

Pliers! Give me my pliers!

- Ahh!

- Will somebody

f*cking help me please?

[inaudible]

[tense music playing]

[keyboard clacking]

[dings]

[clicks]

[dinging]

[clicks]

- [beeps]

- f*ck.

[distorted sounds]

[distant screaming]

[thuds]

[ominous music swelling]

- [dings]

- Max. Max!

Max, someone's coming.

Someone's coming.

Someone's coming.

[banging on door]

Good morning. Hey.

You okay?

You looked flushed.

Yeah, I'm-- I'm fine.

What's going on?

Well, I just wanted to stop by

and let you know

that Lou is gonna be fine.

I know you were concerned

about him.

That's... that's great.

Thank you.

- Mm-hmm.

- Mmm.

You get anything good?

I love it when my smiles arrive.

You know, I can't really

sleep here, so I just...

I just got some books.

Mmm. You don't strike me

as a reader.

But, okay, let's get to work.

- First floor. Five minutes.

- Thank you.

I'll be right there.

- Okay.

- Don't make me come back.

- [beeps]

- [keyboard clacks]

Hello? Hello? Are you there?

Please? Is someone there?

[distorted sounds]

Max, thank God you're here.

Who are you? How'd you know

someone was coming to my room?

I've been watching you.

Did you put

the black light in here?

Yes. I needed you to find out.

What the f*ck

do you want from me? Why?

I can't say more.

If I'm gone too long,

they'll grow suspicious.

- They'll hurt me.

- Who's gonna hurt you?

Who? Sabian?

This is so much bigger

than you think.

But I can't answer any more

of your questions right now.

No, wait!

Just tell me something--

Help me help them, Max.

Help me help them

before they're all turned

into monsters

just like the others.

We have to stop them, Max.

They k*lled Norma

for knowing too much.

They'll k*ll you too.

They'll k*ll you too.

[voice distorts]

They'll k*ll you too.

k*ll you too... k*ll you too...

k*ll you...

[loud screaming]

Hello?

[activist]

Storms of Greta's magnitude

are a direct result

of global warming,

'cause your generation

r*ped this planet,

depleted it of its resources.

You had to have everything,

no matter the cost.

[man] You have no real proof

establishing mankind's

responsibility

for this small amount

of the crazy word--

That's trying to advance

your own agenda.

[activist] My agenda is simple.

Saving the environment.

Normal climate change

is natural.

The Earth's climate--

[activist]

We're inheriting

a dying world.

A world that is withering away.

- [man] The liberal agenda--

- [activist] Clearly,

climate change

is a hotly debated topic.

There are naysayers,

but the scientific consensus

is clear

that the Earth's temperature

is increasing daily...

[debate continues indistinctly]

[male resident]

Climate change

is a bunch of bullshit.

[indistinct chatter]

- [beeps]

- Max.

Sorry, I didn't mean

to scare you. [chuckles]

- Are you okay?

- No, I look terrible,

but I'm okay.

I do-- I want you

to know I...

I'm so sorry

you had to see

all that last night.

You have nothing

to be sorry for.

Oh, no. Oh, no. Max.

There's-- there's something

very wrong with me.

I fear I'm about to disappear.

- There's nothing wrong

with you.

- I'm gonna miss you.

There's nothing wrong with you.

It's this place.

Norma...

She was right about you.

You are one of the good ones.

[indistinct]

[tense music playing]

[beeps]

[beeps]

- [clacks]

- [beeps]

Sick. It's like Predator.

[keyboard clacking]

[tense musical stinger]

What are you doing?

[keyboard clacks]

What the f*ck you got, old man?

Where the f*ck is he going?

f*ck.

[eerie music playing]

[metal thuds]

Wait, is it all of them?

[eerie music continues]

Ah, f*ck this.

[tense music playing]

[resident groaning]

- [Les] Sit down

and shut the f*ck up!

- [resident] No!

- No! [crying]

- [Les] You shut up!

[resident groaning]

[screaming]

No. No! No!

[crying]

[yelling] No! No!

[spine-chilling scream]

[dog barking]

Help me help them, Max.

It's you.

You need to tell me who you are

and what the f*ck is going on

right now, please.

Hold on. Just let me

show you something.

Give me one minute.

That's all I ask.

[inhales] Yeah.

Read the letterhead.

Almont is a subsidiary

of the US Department

of Health Services.

Right. What the f*ck

does that mean?

It means that the government

is funding this entire facility.

Research, testing,

new experimental drugs,

controversial gene trials.

Any outlandish

or f*cked up idea

the government has,

they first test on animals,

then on people.

- Old people?

- Yes.

And the government

has facilities just like this

all across the country.

They are experimenting

on hundreds,

if not thousands

of elderly people.

They're the perfect

test subjects

'cause if they get dementia,

nobody thinks anything

'cause they're old.

And if they die,

nobody gives a f*ck

'cause they're old.

So what you are doing

is important,

which is why

you cannot stop now.

Who are you

and why do you even care?

My father...

lived in a room down the hall.

Now he's on the fourth floor.

Please keep going

'cause we need evidence.

If we expose them,

then maybe

it will help my father

and your friends.

I need to leave.

I've been here

long enough already.

- Wait.

- Don't follow me.

- [roars]

- [Gretchen screams]

[groans, screams]

[classical music playing]

[Sabian] Hi, Max.

I'm gonna give you

an examination now.

You know what?

Sometimes,

when things are bad

on the outside,

we have to look on the inside.

[grunts]

Look at that. Look,

I got a lot of blood.

[voice distorts]

You're wasting your youth.

[screaming]

[screams]

[distorted voice]

It's touching time.

They will k*ll...

They'll k*ll you!

[indistinct whispering]

They'll k*ll you too.

Dea!

It's very rare to see storms

of this magnitude

threatening the East Coast

at this time of year.

You hear this

boogeyman bullshit, Max?

Global warming hype.

That's all it is.

Just wanna sell you

more milk and bread.

Agh. Did they f*cking mark me?

- This sh*t is crazy.

- What the f*ck did they do?

You took quite a fall, Max.

Your vitals

were all over the place.

What happened?

Patient from four...

somehow got loose.

Les is looking into it.

But I'll tell you

what's for sure.

He definitely meant you

some harm.

Dr. Sabian wants to do

a very thorough exam today.

You're in good hands.

I'll go and let the doc know

you're awake

so we can get started.

[door opens]

[door closes]

"Examine" my f*cking a*s.

[groaning]

[breathing heavily]

[ominous music playing]

Another one of your messes, Max.

I'm sure the cops will be here

as soon as you've broken

the terms of your deal.

What, are you on drugs?

No, I was just trying to help,

I swear. I'm sorry.

Sweetheart,

you're safe here.

All right, I'm gonna make

some calls. [sighs]

[gasps] Oh, girls. Hi.

Oh, Maxie, these are

your foster sisters.

This is Tessa and Jackie.

Maxie is not feeling well,

and he's gonna stay

in his old room.

Okay? Stay put, sweetie.

Honey, you are always-- Oh!

Sweetheart, you're always

on a crusade.

- Stay there, girls.

- [inaudible]

[grunts softly]

Hi. [giggles]

You were sleeping a long time.

[Max inhales deeply]

I'm sorry, Mom.

Thanks for, um...

Thanks for letting me stay here

and taking care of me.

Maxie, you were just

trying to do the right thing.

"A heart knows a heart."

What? What's that?

What's wrong?

Nothing, uh...

[clears throat]

Sorry. What...

What did... what did you say?

"A heart knows a heart."

It's something a friend

once said to me a long time ago.

Friend... a friend?

Yeah.

Ah, it's so funny.

I can't remember who.

[chuckles]

But it reminds me of you.

Just trying to help

those good people.

Oh, Maxie,

you look so tired.

I'm gonna go.

Oh, Daddy said

maybe we should go

to see Judge Beric.

He might be able to help us.

Don't you fret.

You're my favorite. [giggles]

[tense music playing]

Hey. Hey, girls.

Have you girls seen

this lady ever, huh?

- [Jackie] No.

- What about Mom? Mom know her?

- You never seen her before?

- No, never.

Somebody knows.

[breathes deeply]

- [Jackie] Are you okay?

- [inhales deeply]

You know what, girls?

I'm really not feeling

too great today,

so if you could just give me

some space...

Did you find the secret place?

What? No, no,

I didn't find anything.

Look, I'm having

a really bad day, okay?

And I'm not in the mood

for a game.

We thought you found that

in the secret place.

It's exactly the same.

What do you mean,

"It's exactly the same"?

What's the secret place?

What--

what are you talking about?

Can you keep a secret?

[foreboding music plays]

[door clacks, creaks]

We found this place

a couple of months ago.

See, that one there

is exactly the same

as the one you had.

"Dea. Roman goddess of youth.

Sip from her chalice."

Do you know what this is?

Have you ever heard of Dea?

No.

[inaudible]

There's some stuff in there too.

Some old photos.

[tense music playing]

[distorted music swelling]

[Max] Oh, my God. Luke.

[soft music plays]

Are you okay?

Max, are you okay?

Who's Luke?

Bye, Max.

[intense music plays]

Hey. [panting]

Luke.

It's you, isn't it?

[sobs] Yeah...

My brother.

[sobbing]

My big brother.

- Max...

- I missed you so much, Luke.

Max... [crying]

- You were just trying to help.

- Yeah.

You were just trying to help.

Hey, look. Hey.

Check this out.

Remember?

[sobbing]

Always. Always.

Always. I never forgot you.

Okay, you gotta

help me now. Okay?

So I can help you.

Look...

I don't understand any of this.

Is this where you were working

while you were at college?

Is this where you were

when they said

you k*lled yourself?

Yeah? Who are these people?

She...

"She"? That's her?

- Okay. Sit tight.

- [whimpers]

Hey.

Hey. Is this you?

Is that you?

It is you.

Is this all of you?

It's all of you.

What the f*ck?

What the f*ck is going on?

What happened to you guys?

I don't understand.

- [groaning]

- What is-- What? Ugh!

- [groaning]

- [grunting]

[grunting]

Shut the f*ck up.

[photographer]

Wake up, Max.

There he is.

Say cheese, Max.

Say cheese, Max.

[muffled, indistinct chatter]

[photographer]

Big smile!

Really big smile.

[voices whispering]

[photographer]

On three, everyone.

One, two...

[all] ...three!

- [shutter clicks]

- [laughter]

[resident]

Good job, Max.

Max, good job.

Hey, relax. Enjoy it.

You're the guest of honor.

Our protagonist.

[resident]

Nice job, Max.

What the f*ck?

[music distorts]

Um, I... Can-- can I have

everybody's attention, please?

I, um...

I wanna make a toast

to every single one of you.

I thank you from the bottom

of my heart.

And bravo!

[all] Bravo!

- Lou! Lou! Lou! Lou!

- Oh, no. Come on. No.

Okay. Okay. Come on.

Come on. Come on now.

All of you did amazing work.

I mean, look--

look at all of you.

Dr. Sabian's wife,

Gretchen,

our damsel in distress.

You were just wonderful.

And our antagonist

playing a sadistic doctor.

- You're too kind.

- All right. Now,

our supporting people.

- There's Sadie.

Sexy Sadie.

- Sadie!

There's Ethan and Ellie,

who cannot keep their hands

off each other.

And... Sylvia and Couper!

- Yeah!

- [Lou] And...

- Mom?

- ...Juno and Les.

Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

- [Lou indistinct]

- What the f*ck is going on?

We're-- we're having

a celebration, Max.

We're-- we're patting ourselves

on our backs.

For what we did.

For the story we created

and performed

to have some fun with you.

Like we do with all

the other kids

who come to our home.

- Yes.

- What? What story?

The marks on our necks,

the government conspiracy,

Faceless Fantasies,

my psychoses,

all part of the grand tale

we concocted

to f*ck with you

for our entertainment

while you nourished us

at night.

We did it for fun!

[all] Bravo!

What the f*ck

are you talking about, Lou?

I don't understand.

I, um...

Doctor, I-I think you should--

Might wanna take this question.

- That was great, Lou.

- Oh.

- You did a fantastic job.

- Thank you. Thank you...

So, Max, um...

what Lou is getting to

is that we like to play

with our food.

You see, you're really here

because we need to drain you,

young man.

To drain you of your essence.

So thank you, Max.

And thank you, Dea.

[all] Thank you, Dea.

[Sabian] The God of youth.

The God of... us.

Never shall we waste...

- [all] Dea.

- ...what she has provided...

- Thank you, Dea.

- Dea.

- ...with love.

- Praise Dea! Praise Dea!

- Dea!

- Dea!

- Dea!

- Dea!

Dea!

[overlapping chatter]

- Dea!

- Dea, Dea, Dea, Dea, Dea...

[grunts] Let me out!

Dea!

[eerie music swelling]

[grunting]

[loud click]

[indistinct whispering]

[Sabian] Don't be afraid, Max.

All you'll feel

is a little pinch

as the needle

penetrates your eye.

You know about

the fountain of youth?

You've heard of that, right?

It's real,

but it lives within us.

There's a small sack

behind your right eye

where Goddess Dea's

nectar resides.

- [Sylvia] Mm-hmm.

- Science dismisses it

as just a gland.

- [laughter]

- Idiots.

But Dea showed us the truth.

It's what gives a person

youth and vitality.

So we take Dea's nectar from you

- because ours

goes away with age.

- Oh!

But don't worry,

we've been draining you

every night, Max.

We've been feeding

on your honey,

sucking on Dea's teat.

- [woman moans]

- [sucking sounds continue]

[Sabian]

It keeps us forever young.

Your mother and I

are both 109, Max.

Going on 110.

A hundred and fourteen

and a half.

Ninety-three, b*tch.

Your pal Lou is 128.

[laughs]

You're all f*cking sick f*ck!

Maybe you're right,

but that's what keeps us

young and passionate.

That's what makes us

f*ck so much.

- [all chuckle, murmur]

- Oh, we f*ck all the time.

- [Max] You f*ck!

- All the time.

- Constantly.

- [Max] c*ck!

You've taken everything

from us! Everything!

To Dea!

- To Dea!

- Dea!

- Dea!

- To Dea!

To Dea!

- Dea!

- To Dea!

Dea!

Why would you do this to me?

We've given you so many chances

to be productive, son.

Oh, we sent most

of our foster kids here

to collect Dea's nectar

because you wasted

all of the opportunities

we provided for you.

I trusted you.

Max, you're my favorite.

So we're going to take

quite a lot tonight, Max.

You better take it all,

'cause if you don't,

I'm gonna f*cking k*ll you.

That won't be possible

'cause when you awaken,

you'll feel like

a 100-year-old man.

But you'll be with family.

It's time.

- [grunts]

- [Sabian] Open your mouth.

[grunting]

- Shut the f*ck up.

- [singing indistinctly]

- [muffled grunting]

- You know too much, Max.

Time to join

your brother upstairs.

[muffled grunting, screaming]

- Mmm. Don't move.

- [Max grunts]

- [muffled grunting]

- [residents chanting "Dea"]

- [Sabian] To dearest Dea.

- To Dea.

With love and gratitude.

With love and gratitude.

- Love and gratitude.

- Love and gratitude.

- Don't move, Max.

- [Max grunts]

Don't move.

[muffled grunting]

[Sabian] Hold him down.

- Dea!

- Dea!

To Dea!

- Dea!

- [Gretchen] f*ck me!

[chanting continues]

[Gretchen] f*ck me!

[moaning]

[Gretchen] f*ck me!

[moans]

[thunder rumbling]

Hey, kiddo.

How you feeling, huh?

I got ya.

You'll be well cared for.

Don't you fret.

I know.

You're confused. I get that.

Allow me to lift the fog.

Oh, my sweet Norma.

She wanted to save you.

Sentimental reasons.

So she had to go.

And that's when it came to me.

Just a thought, you know?

[stammers]

An epiphany, one might say.

That, uh, we'd use

Norma's demise

in our game with you.

And we had the greatest time

of our long lives.

Brainstorming,

dressing up and down.

[chuckles]

Improvising.

- [muffled laughter]

- The hoot...

[Max] Right. What the f*ck

does that mean?

[Lou] ...to end

all hootenannies.

[Gretchen]

...the government is funding

this entire facility.

Now, you remember

what I told you, Max?

The enemy of old age

is not death.

It is boredom.

We must fill the hours

with smiles.

And we have so many,

many, many, many hours to fill.

You rest now.

We still need you.

Your nectar.

Little man, you're crying

I know why you're blue

Someone took

your kiddie car away

Better go to sleep now,

little man

You've had a busy day...

[thunder rumbling]

[clinks]

- [thunder rumbling]

- [breathing heavily]

[thunder rumbling continues]

[eerie music playing]

[eerie music rising]

[eerie music swelling]

[Max wheezing]

- [breathing heavily]

- [heartbeat thumping]

[thunder rumbling]

[wheezing]

[intense music plays]

[grunting]

[Max] f*ck you!

[chuckles]

[hopeful music playing]

[Juno groans]

[grunts]

[chuckles]

[alarm blaring]

[elevator bell dings]

[grunts]

[grunting]

[grunts]

[intense music playing]

- [groans]

- [thuds]

[woman gasps, screams]

[crying]

[woman] Run! Now!

Oh, no! Oh, no!

No!

No!

- No!

- No, no! No!

No, no, no, no!

[screaming]

[groans]

[Ellie groans]

- [screaming]

- [Ellie speaking French]

[Ellie yells in French]

[woman] Max is coming!

Max is k*lling us all!

Run! Run!

- [window shatters]

- Oh! Oh, my God!

Oh!

[whispering] Dea, protect me.

Dea, protect me.

Sadie, move. Move, move now.

m*therf*cker!

[grunting]

[yelling, groaning]

[groaning]

[Les] Come on, m*therf*cker!

[yelling]

[thunder rumbles]

Dea, protect me.

Dea, protect me.

Dea, protect me.

Dea, protect me.

Dea, protect me.

Dea, Dea, protect me...

[Lou gasps, pants]

No! No!

No!

[sobs] I'm your friend.

[Sabian]

Max, stop! I said stop!

Max!

[panting]

Max, don't!

Max, stop.

I will sh**t you.

[Lou groaning]

- [window shatters]

- [g*nsh*t continues]

[Lou groans]

- [Max grunts]

- [Gretchen moans]

- Ahh!

- [grunts]

[screaming]

- [Max grunts]

- [screaming louder]

- [thuds]

- [sighs]

[intense music rising]

No, no, no! Ahh!

- No, no! Max! No!

- [grunts]

[Couper] Come on,

let's get to the car!

Come on! Come on!

[grunting]

[Couper] Come on!

- [Max grunting]

- [Gretchen groaning]

[Max exhales]

I'm taking it all back, Lou.

- [distorted music playing]

- [flesh squelching]

[birds chirping]

[soft music playing]

- [sighs]

- [chuckles]

[ominous music playing]

[dark music playing]

[music fades]